Nokia N8 vs. Samsung Pixon12 vs. Sony HX5v shootout: Blind test

05 October 2010
The Nokia N8 is an immensely popular phone and we’re already hard at work on a proper review of the handset. Since the N8 camera is its pivotal feature, we’re interested how you'd rate it in a blind shootout with two other cameras...

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  • K
  • Koss
  • nDW
  • 05 Oct 2010

Best Picture Quality:
1- A
2- C
3- B

Photos are taken by:

A- sony
B- samsung pixon
C- Nokia N8

Tomorrow will see the results.

    • N
    • Nikks
    • ut}
    • 05 Oct 2010

    i would rank
    1.C
    2.A
    3.B

    C was the best... but in some pic, A looked better..
    B is having whitening effect/prob in its pic..

      • ?
      • Anonymous
      • Lm%
      • 05 Oct 2010

      1 - C
      2 - A
      3 - B

      Sometimes B is better than A

        • J
        • Just opion
        • 3Cm
        • 05 Oct 2010

        B is the worst by far.

        A and C are pretty close. C slightly better, I think.

          • ?
          • Anonymous
          • qMC
          • 05 Oct 2010

          B is the worst. Less details, white balance is just wrong.
          C is a little better than A.

            • M
            • Marcel B.
            • Qy}
            • 05 Oct 2010

            A has the best picture quality and reflects true colors
            B is the best in low light condition
            c isn't good in low light and has worst quality

              • ?
              • Anonymous
              • fvq
              • 05 Oct 2010

              gadgetbuff.wordpress, 05 Oct 2010I think the N8 is C , clearly having more detail.. and B is... moreEdge sharpening recognizable in A shots. Waw. This is a photo geek like me. definitely:

              A-Sony
              B-samsung
              C-Nokia

              take it Eldar!

                • V
                • Vic
                • T4A
                • 05 Oct 2010

                There is no any significant difference for regular cameraphone users... Trying to compare very small details is just a waste of time because serious photographers will never use phone camera (except any emergency cases) and for the rest of users these details don't really matter: they won't notice them...
                So what is the point of comparing these cameras? Say in the best case one of them is better than another for less than 10%. So what? Who really cares..?

                  • g
                  • gadgetbuff.wordpress
                  • vGW
                  • 05 Oct 2010

                  I think the N8 is C , clearly having more detail.. and B is the pixon, having already seen gsmarena's samples, i am very confident B is pixon and of course A is sony cybershot which has edge sharpening , it got caught :P

                    • m
                    • moshroom
                    • niJ
                    • 05 Oct 2010

                    Compared 7 sets of pics:

                    1.C(4/7, although a bit blurry corners in some samples)
                    2.B(3/7)
                    3.A(0/7, heaviest noise reduction in real life samples)

                      • ?
                      • Anonymous
                      • pT2
                      • 05 Oct 2010

                      ppl you dont have to say which pic is from which camera ! you just have to say which one is the best in picture quality ! and then tommorow we will see the result ...

                      my opinion :

                      best pics : c
                      number2 : a
                      number 3 : b

                        • t
                        • ted
                        • prR
                        • 05 Oct 2010

                        hard to tell for me, but C is probably the best, B is a little bit worse and A is the worst

                          • D
                          • DanT
                          • 0Cd
                          • 05 Oct 2010

                          Pixon supports ISO 50 so I am curios if it was set on ISO 50 or not in the pics ... we'll see tomorrow. I hope they are all set to the same ISO. C performs quite well on the ISO 400 and 800 tests so I hope it's the N8 as I intend to buy it. But in the real world, all perform quite close ... the difference is not that big ... just better foliage details in the C photos, but not so vivid colors (it probably needs some contrast boosting/saturation if you want to make it look more appealing, but as it has the best details, with a good processing will easily look the best in all situations). B seems to be the worst of the bunch, but not that bad after all.

                            • D
                            • DZaid
                            • 3iR
                            • 05 Oct 2010

                            B looks the best

                              • m
                              • manu
                              • PY5
                              • 05 Oct 2010

                              i think that every single group of photos are in random order. not that A is nokia, B sony and C samsung.

                                • C
                                • Coguar
                                • mVh
                                • 05 Oct 2010

                                C = Sony
                                B = Pixon
                                A = N8

                                  • T
                                  • Tarek
                                  • fvq
                                  • 05 Oct 2010

                                  The best camera is the C in all the situations.
                                  Second best A; some smearing but not objectional.
                                  The worst is B. Too much NR.
                                  It would be a dream if the N8 corresponds to C.

                                  My thought:

                                  A- Sony HX5V
                                  B- Samsung Pixon 12
                                  C- Nokia N8

                                  At least it means that the testers in gsmarena know what pre-focusing means. Eldar in tunisian dialect means to sting, and it's surely what Eldar does consistently to Nokia.

                                    • ?
                                    • Anonymous
                                    • t7E
                                    • 05 Oct 2010

                                    N8 = A or C
                                    pixon = B

                                      • ?
                                      • Anonymous
                                      • pvx
                                      • 05 Oct 2010

                                      C sony
                                      B pixon 12
                                      A nokia n8

                                        • B
                                        • Boom
                                        • mIm
                                        • 05 Oct 2010

                                        A: Sony
                                        B: Pixon
                                        C: N8